Reid Tileston

Reid co-created the curriculum for the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition course at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, lectures at leading academic institutions such as Dartmouth, the University of Chicago and the University of California, and serves on the University of Chicago Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Advisory Committee.

His expertise is derived from 15 years of successful, on the ground entrepreneurial business ownership experience; acquiring, opening, growing and selling four companies in addition to his academic research. Reid achieved a return multiple of invested capital (MOIC) of over 10x on his most recent acquisition.

Reid has worked with leading brands such as Harley Davidson, The Milwaukee Bucks, John Deere, Tough Mudder, and Microsoft and has been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal and Crain's Chicago.

Reid is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (BA, Economics) '06; the University of Chicago (Booth) School of Business (MBA, General Management, Entrepreneurship) '15 and is a doctoral student at Case Western ('26) doing a dissertation on Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition.